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Offline lordmcgrath5

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #60 on: September 09, 2011, 09:28:05 AM »
Now.  Let's be brutally honest here.  Musically, it's not bad, but great it certainly ain't.  It's in the Robson & Jerome envelope - he sings it in tune, and quite nicely, but it's not exactly pushing any musical boundaries.  It's not Animal Collective or Battles.  It's X-Factor bland.  But what is absolutely fecking brilliant about it is that Mr McGrath is looking quite bloody well in that video.  He's sung a song for charity, he's let someone film him singing it on a beach and he looks as relaxed as if he was marking Alan Shearer out of a game.  Piece of piss.  That's worth celebrating.  If you've read his book (if you haven't you should, but it's not a comfortable read) you can't help but wonder what he's up to and where his head is at.  He could be doing a medley of Right Said Fred songs in a dress for what it's worth, point is he would appear to be alive and well and in an alright place.  That, I think, is brilliant. 

Spot on.

Offline badluckeric(gates)

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #61 on: September 09, 2011, 09:57:07 AM »
Now.  Let's be brutally honest here.  Musically, it's not bad, but great it certainly ain't.  It's in the Robson & Jerome envelope - he sings it in tune, and quite nicely, but it's not exactly pushing any musical boundaries.  It's not Animal Collective or Battles.  It's X-Factor bland.  But what is absolutely fecking brilliant about it is that Mr McGrath is looking quite bloody well in that video.  He's sung a song for charity, he's let someone film him singing it on a beach and he looks as relaxed as if he was marking Alan Shearer out of a game.  Piece of piss.  That's worth celebrating.  If you've read his book (if you haven't you should, but it's not a comfortable read) you can't help but wonder what he's up to and where his head is at.  He could be doing a medley of Right Said Fred songs in a dress for what it's worth, point is he would appear to be alive and well and in an alright place.  That, I think, is brilliant. 

Spot on.
Great post!

Offline Risso

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #62 on: September 09, 2011, 12:05:37 PM »
Now.  Let's be brutally honest here.  Musically, it's not bad, but great it certainly ain't.  It's in the Robson & Jerome envelope - he sings it in tune, and quite nicely, but it's not exactly pushing any musical boundaries.  It's not Animal Collective or Battles.  It's X-Factor bland.  But what is absolutely fecking brilliant about it is that Mr McGrath is looking quite bloody well in that video.  He's sung a song for charity, he's let someone film him singing it on a beach and he looks as relaxed as if he was marking Alan Shearer out of a game.  Piece of piss.  That's worth celebrating.  If you've read his book (if you haven't you should, but it's not a comfortable read) you can't help but wonder what he's up to and where his head is at.  He could be doing a medley of Right Said Fred songs in a dress for what it's worth, point is he would appear to be alive and well and in an alright place.  That, I think, is brilliant. 

Spot on.
Great post!

Indeed.  Reading that has cheered me up no end, well done!

Offline martin

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #63 on: September 09, 2011, 04:45:05 PM »
Now.  Let's be brutally honest here.  Musically, it's not bad, but great it certainly ain't.  It's in the Robson & Jerome envelope - he sings it in tune, and quite nicely, but it's not exactly pushing any musical boundaries.  It's not Animal Collective or Battles.  It's X-Factor bland.  But what is absolutely fecking brilliant about it is that Mr McGrath is looking quite bloody well in that video.  He's sung a song for charity, he's let someone film him singing it on a beach and he looks as relaxed as if he was marking Alan Shearer out of a game.  Piece of piss.  That's worth celebrating.  If you've read his book (if you haven't you should, but it's not a comfortable read) you can't help but wonder what he's up to and where his head is at.  He could be doing a medley of Right Said Fred songs in a dress for what it's worth, point is he would appear to be alive and well and in an alright place.  That, I think, is brilliant. 

Spot on.
Great post!

Indeed.  Reading that has cheered me up no end, well done!

Yes, that.

Sadly, a point of issue has to be raised on the stone skimming, however. Paul is clearly seen standing on a sandy beach, yet on two occasions attempts to skim pebbles across the water - almost impossible to achieve on an imcoming tide, incidentally, which would probably account for the camera maintaining a respectful distance at those points. Where does he get them from?

Disappointing that a man who has so bravely confronted his demons should compromise on truth to accomodate artistic license in this way.

Offline Holte L2

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #64 on: September 09, 2011, 09:16:54 PM »
It's alright.

Does anyone have a link to his song that got to number one in the Irish charts? I think it was just called "Ooa Aah Paul McGrath". A bit of research tells me it was by a band called "Watch Your House" but I can only find their 1994 World Cup song online.

http://2manykids.com/fitba/Watch%20Your%20House%20featuring%20Paul%20McGrath%20-%20Ooh%20Ahh%20Paul%20Mc%20Grath.MP3

Can anyone get this on am mp3 they can download and save? I want it as my ringtone!

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Offline DeeBoy1

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #66 on: September 09, 2011, 11:02:45 PM »
Not read the whole thread so apologies if it's been mentioned already, but surely it's worth an effort at getting it to number 1 through facebook, I mean with it being for charity an all....

Offline cdbearsfan

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #67 on: September 10, 2011, 01:31:49 AM »
It's alright.

Does anyone have a link to his song that got to number one in the Irish charts? I think it was just called "Ooa Aah Paul McGrath". A bit of research tells me it was by a band called "Watch Your House" but I can only find their 1994 World Cup song online.

http://2manykids.com/fitba/Watch%20Your%20House%20featuring%20Paul%20McGrath%20-%20Ooh%20Ahh%20Paul%20Mc%20Grath.MP3

Cheers Werewolf.

Offline VillaAlways

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Re: Paul McGrath is releasing a single
« Reply #68 on: September 13, 2011, 04:23:07 PM »
Maybe he'll give us a rendition on Saturday
http://www.avfc.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10265~2449582,00.html


 


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